Intel Xeon Gold 6312U vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6312U and Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 6312U

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6312U

Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 32% higher maximum core temperature: 80°C vs 60.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2349 vs 1620
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42329 vs 14654

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	80°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2349 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark	42329 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 185 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 185 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2349

1620

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

42329

14654

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6312U	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2349	1620
PassMark - CPU mark	42329	14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		16710

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6312U	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$1450
Place in performance rating	555	562
Processor Number	6312U	E5-2630LV3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	1.80 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB
L2 cache	24 MB
L3 cache	36 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	80°C	60.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz	2.90 GHz
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of cores		8
Number of QPI Links		2
Number of threads		16
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	3200 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt	55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	1S Only	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)